Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, December 22, 1979 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 2–1 on Saturday, December 22, 1979 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 31–23.
Goals came from Clark Gillies, Ryan Walter and Garry Howatt.
Glenn Resch made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Rollie Boutin stopped 21 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Clark Gillies (8)Anders Kallur (14)0–103:50 NYI · 
Ryan Walter (9)Robert Picard (16), Mike Kaszycki (9)1–115:25 WSH ·
2nd period
Garry Howatt (3)Mike Bossy (13), Wayne Merrick (8)1–211:11 NYI
Team stats
WSHNYI
3123
0%0%
1/41/2
48
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:26 into the first period
Gord Lane · slashing2 min - 2:53 into the first period
Paul MacKinnon · tripping2 min - 4:19 into the first periodRobert Picard · tripping2 min
- 7:56 into the first periodGord Lane · roughing2 min
- 13:52 into the first periodDave Lewis · holding2 min
- 11:42 into the second periodJean Potvin · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 9Ryan WalterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 20Mike KaszyckiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Peter ScamurraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Pierre BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rollie BoutinG | L | 23 | 2 | .913 |
| 31Gary InnessG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 8Garry HowattL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Lorne HenningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Alex McKendryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Jean PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 31 | 1 | .968 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |